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Outgoing
President Eileen Parisen was presented a plant from the Garden Club
and a pot handmade by Alice Yarick (pictured with Eileen).
The Past Presidents gave Eileen a Life Membership in the Florida
Federation of Garden Clubs in recognition of her service.
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| Bettye Talley
retired as the Office Manager after more than 30 years of dedicated
service to the Garden Club. She was presented with many
well-deserved gifts. |
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FIRST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
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Delta Harris
is the first-ever Garden Club of IRC Scholarship recipient.
She was chosen by the officials at the University of Florida/IFAS
Indian River Research & Education Center just west of Ft. Pierce.
The Vero Beach native is an environmental enthusiast and was chosen
for this honor because of her high grade point average and her
commitment to the protection of Indian River County's environment.
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JASMINE CIRCLE
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The
Jasmine Circle of the Garden Club of Indian River County has
refurbished the Hibiscus Children's Center butterfly garden, which
they created as a community service project in 2004.
Circle members Linda Beardslee,
Heidi Rooney, Connie Derman, Gay Brown, Annamelia Smith and Marilyn
Koth provided the "ladypower", while Spencer Porteus and his crew
from Horizon Garden Center provided the manpower.
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Donna Clements
Hibiscus Employee
in the Garden
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COMMERATIVE PLAQUE
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The Garden
Club celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 1953 by landscaping the area
where Royal Palm Boulevard and Royal Palm Place merge at their
western ends. A bronze commerative plaque was placed in the park.
This plaque was rediscovered by the Vero Beach Parks Department when
10 Royal Palm trees were being planted by the Garden Club. The stone
had disintegrated, so Civic Chairman Lynne Burns located a new large
granite one. It was installed by the City Parks Dept. |
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VERO BEACH THEATRE GUILD
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celebration of the Vero Beach Theatre Guild's 50th year in Vero
Beach, the Garden Club of Indian River County chose the front of the
Guild's building at 2020 San Juan Avenue as one of their community
service projects. The work was completed by Florida Native
Landscapes under the direction of owner Steve Metz. They planted 3
new cabbage palms, 3 triple Christmas palms, 3 foxtail palms, a Quad
Pygmy Date Palm, a Catley Guava and 93 shrubs. |
